The biggest ever Lotto winners were created in April 2016 when an anonymous player banked £35m. In January two ticket-holders walked away with £33m each and they were followed by a Peterborough couple who won £32m in the February.

Before that, a main Lotto game jackpot of £42,008,610, was drawn in January 1996 and split between three anonymous winners, with each being awarded £14,002,870. A single ticket won £26.4 million on the New Year's Eve lotto in 2016.

The UK National Lottery was first drawn on November 19, 1994. Half of all money spent by players goes to the prize fund, with 28 per cent to good causes, 12 per cent to the Government as duty, five per cent to retailers and five per cent to which has operated the lottery throughout its history.